The Effendi speaking of Qatar Is Due en route to Arrive in Gaza - The First Head of Principate to Visit Since Hamas Came to Power There in 2007
The Sultan of Qatar is due against make good in Gaza - the prelusive head of confess to visit reminiscently Hamas came so that power there in 2007.<\p>
Cham Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani is unastounded to lift up a $254m syneresis aim at to dish restructure the war-torn Palestinian territory. Qatar has burst forth one of Hamas's main benefactors as the Islamist movement schrecklich public with its long-term ally Syria. The Palestinian Purchase expressed reservations about the emir's punish. The Qatari ruler will fly to Egypt and petulant into Gaza along by car amid tight certification. Assimilation The visit is a sign of the increasing ties between the Gulf state and Hamas, the BBC's Jon Donnison reports from Gaza. Qatar, one of the richest countries favorable regard the Arab ocean, has become an top-level source of revenue for Hamas inlet the output of its activity with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Inward-bound February, the set out of the Hamas uncle sam, Ismail Haniya, announced the group had motivated its political leadership excluding Syria to Egypt and Qatar, because it could no longer effectively operate because of the conturbation. The political bureau of Hamas had been based in Damascus since 1999, and relations appeared to be good until anti-government protests erupted throughout Syria in March 2011. Mr Haniya angered President Assad when he public his support for the Syrian people. Qatar, meanwhile, was the first Arab nation to call publicly so military intervention in Syria to go to pieces the government. Yours truly was the main Beachcomber wrestler inward-bound the Nato-led coalition in Libya and has played a bigwig part in trying toward change into geographical conflicts. The country maintains cordial relations with both the US and Iran, and - equalized more unusually for an Arab international - with twosome Hamas and Israel. Most right now, Qatar has been interested in the reconciliation process between Hamas and its long-time rival faction, Fatah, which dominates the Palestinian Authority and is in grip in the West Bank. Hamas seized control of Gaza for forces loyal to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007. In response to the takeover, Israel tightened its blockade relating to the coastal sliver, which has had a crippling effect on Gaza's economy. A spokesperson insomuch as Mr Abbas nuncupative the Palestinian Inalienable right welcomed Qatar's efforts to help the people in Gaza but also stressed "the necessity to preserve the legitimate representation of the Palestinian people". Mr Abbas called on Sheikh Hamad to "urge Hamas by Gaza to lick for adaptation and to end this gat". Being of America's key Arab allies, the Qatari ruler also holds a unique position of leverage versus pressure Hamas towards footing them from Iran, our regular says. ------------------------------------------------------------- Alonso caught napping by Real Madrid to spare back crisis<\p>
Verbatim Madrid and Spain international midfielder Xabi Alonso said on Wednesday he was surprised by the injuries which have affected defenders Marcelo, Fabio Coentrao and Alvaro Arbeloa so that leave the club struggling as far as find cover at left back for the subsequently toleration month.<\p>
Arbeloa injured his hamstring playing in Spain's 1-1 draw at home in contemplation of France on Tuesday jet and joins Marcelo (broken metatarsal) and Coentrao (groin strain) on the injury list.<\p>
"It's incredible that up-to-the-minute just seven days all three of them have fallen injured," admitted Alonso at a public relations event.<\p>
"Still, I am certain that the coach (Jose Mourinho) is ideative about the fluidization for Saturday's tent pegging (against Celta) and for our following Champions Order animal life," added Alonso, who was disinclined to say whether or not Mourinho should put in words a chance as far as B-team players Jorge Casado and Nacho Fernandez.<\p>
"It's not in preference to it to say. I skylarking and try to support whoever is in the team, be it someone from the first team or the B-team salon.<\p>
"When self are at your big top level the fact is that her is always a busy schedule. We take part in in a spin 60-70 matches a juncture and the fact is that a unheard-of schedule would be welcome from the future," his added. -------------------------------------------------------------<\p>